Colorado Rockies manager Clint Hurdle, right, talks with bench coach Jim Tracy while facing the Florida Marlins in the seventh inning of the Marlins’ 3-1 victory in a baseball game in Denver on Saturday, May 9, 2009.

The loyalty the Rockies felt toward Clint Hurdle was obvious in their patience. They wanted him to succeed. And even though general manager Dan O’Dowd said today he knew it was the “right time to make a move,” he remains hopeful that Hurdle will remain part of the organization. The Rockies have offered Hurdle an undisclosed front-office position.

Hurdle, who did not take questions today during a news conference, is expected to take some time before deciding his next move.

“He has a whole new career in front of him in the front-office capacity. And he would be tremendous at it,” O’Dowd told The Denver Post. “I hope he seriously considers what we would like him to do. We will see if that’s something he wants to pursue, then we will pursue it.”

O’Dowd didn’t specify what Hurdle’s role might be.

It is likely he’ll get opportunities around baseball as a hitting coach, a broadcaster and possibly a manager in the off-season depending on how many jobs come open.

“Clint was the face of our franchise. And in the way he approached life and the things he did in the community, I don’t think another manger in the game does what Clint does authentically for the right reasons,” O’Dowd said. “I grew as a man from knowing him as a person.”

Troy joined The Denver Post in 2002 as the Rockies' beat writer and became a Broncos beat writer in 2014 before assuming the lead role before the 2015 season. He is a past president of the local chapter of Baseball Writers Association of America and has won more than 20 local and national writing awards since graduating from the University of Colorado journalism school with honors in 1993.

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